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Clam Bay Canoe Trail Marker Reinstall

  This September, ETE assisted Collier County Coastal Zone Management in reinstalling two Canoe Trail Markers in Clam Bay. These 32 markers help kayakers, canoers, and paddleboarders navigate their way through the mangroves of Clam Bay.     These…
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Clam Bay Seagrass Monitoring

Earth Tech Environmental recently went out to Clam Bay to conduct annual seagrass monitoring. Seagrass is an ecologically valuable resource because it helps stabilize the sea floor, provides food and habitat for marine organisms, helps maintain…
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Staff Highlight – Certified Environmental Scientist, Auston Germano

Auston Germano is one of Earth Tech Environmental’s ecologists who puts his boots in about everything, but specializes in gopher tortoises, preserve management, and vegetation monitoring.   Auston has recently attained a Certified…
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Species Spotlight: Florida Burrowing Owl

Love is in the air for Florida burrowing owls. Fittingly, these birds begin their breeding season in conjunction with Valentine's Day, typically falling between February 15th and July 10th. These unique little birds are only found in Florida,…
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Doctors Pass

ETE is providing turbidity monitoring services for the Doctors Pass dredge project.  ETE is tasked with make sure that dredging activities don’t produce turbidity (siltation) in that water at levels higher than the FDEP permits allow.  Too…
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Utilization of a Drone as a Tool in Seagrass Surveys

ETE conducted a seagrass survey for a property on Marco Island as part of permitting through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  ETE utilized a drone for up-to-the-minute aerial photographs of the survey area.  The high resolution drone photos…
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Submerged Resource Survey

ETE has professional certified divers on staff who conduct Submerged Resource Surveys (SRS) for both public and private entities. Submerged resources are abundant and well protected such as sea grass, hard bottom, and a variety of fish and wildlife. …
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Collier County Watershed Improvement Plan

ETE is honored to be on the consulting team chosen to begin implementation of the Collier County Watershed Improvement Plan.  ETE along with Taylor Engineering will be collecting background environmental data and refining models to begin permitting…
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Doctors Pass

ETE is providing turbidity monitoring for the Doctors Pass south jetty and erosion control structures project.  Water samples are taken 3 times a day to monitor for any exceedance to permitted levels of turbidity as a result of the construction…
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Phantom 4 Drone

ETE is now utilizing a DJI Phantom 4 drone to assist in a variety of tasks such as exotic vegetation mapping, bidding, property assessments, and bird counts.  The video below shows a portion of a drone flight over Eagle Lakes Park in Collier…